St Petersburg - Sennaya & Kolomna (PDF Chapter)

7th Edition Mar 2015

This is the Sennaya& Kolomnachapter from Lonely Planet's St Petersburg guidebook.

Sennaya is centred on Sennaya pl, a traditionally poor area immortalised in Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. Quiet Kolomna is the largest of seven islands and steeped in history and great beauty, featuring the world-famous Mariinsky Theatre and more canals and rivers than any other part of the city.

seeing a dazzling Russian ballet or opera classic at the iconic Mariinsky Theatre or the impressive new Mariinsky II next door

maps

marveling at the interiors and hearing tales of Rasputin’s grizzly end at the impressive Yusupov Palace

transport

reliving one of the most famous murders in literature in and around Sennaya Ploshchad, where Dostoevsky set his classic Crime and Punishment